What is a restraint removal schema?

Definition
	A restraint removal schema is a force schema that involves the physical or metaphorical
	removal of a barrier to the action of a force, or absence of a barrier that was potentially present.

Generic
	A restraint removal schema is a kind of
	What is a force schema?

Source
	Johnson 1987 46–47

Context for this page:

Concept module: restraint removal schema
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): R
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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